Duns Castle, Duns

Name: Duns Castle
Address: Duns Castle Estate, Duns, TD11 3NW, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1361 883211

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Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320. The castle and most of the structures on the property are designated as a scheduled ancient monument. ()

Alternative names: Architectural style: GothicElevation: 499 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°46'59"N, 2°21'24"W

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Duns Castle EstateDuns TD11 3NW United Kingdom

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+44 1361 883211

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Duns Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Manderston House, Edin's Hall Broch, Blackadder House, Bonkyl Kirk.

2.1 miE
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Manderston House, Duns
54 min walk • Manderston House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, is the home of The Rt Hon. The 4th Baron Palmer. It was completely rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 and has sumptuous interiors with a silver-plated staircase.
3.6 miN
Archaeological site
Edin's Hall Broch
93 min walk • Edin's Hall Broch is a 2nd-century broch near Duns in the Borders of Scotland. It is one of very few brochs found in southern Scotland. It is roughly 28 metres in diameter.
4.9 miE
Forts and castles
Blackadder House
125 min walk • Blackadder House was an estate and stately house near the village of Allanton, in Berwickshire, Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder Castle. The house was vandalised by troops in World War I. Since there was no money to repair it, the house was demolished around 1925.
3.7 miNE
Church
Bonkyl Kirk
95 min walk • Bonkyl Church is a Church of Scotland kirk situated at grid reference NT808595 5 miles northeast of Duns in the old county of Berwickshire. The nearest hamlet is Preston just over 2 miles to the south-west.
3.6 miE
Forts and castles
Blanerne Castle
92 min walk • Blanerne Castle is the remains of a 16th-century fortified house, located in the grounds of Blanerne House, an 18th-century country house between Chirnside and Preston in the Scottish Borders.
4.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dirrington Great Law
126 min walk • Dirrington Great Law is a hill in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Berwickshire. The summit is around 2.5 kilometres south of Longformacus and 9 kilometres west of Duns.
2.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Nisbet House
59 min walk • Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders. It is located on the north side of the Blackadder Water, 2.5 kilometres south of Duns, in the Merse, a low-lying part of the former county of Berwickshire.
2.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Wedderburn Castle
56 min walk • Wedderburn Castle, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, is an 18th-century country house that is now used as a wedding and events venue.
1.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Langton Castle
39 min walk • Langton Castle is a now destroyed medieval fortress at Langton, near the burgh of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Little remains of the structure.
3.5 miSW
Church
Polwarth Parish Church
90 min walk • Polwarth Parish Church was a member church of the Church of Scotland before closing in 2004. It is situated atop a mound off a minor road leading from the A6105, Greenlaw to Duns road in the old county of Berwickshire, now privately owned by the Letts family who live in the adjacent Polwarth Manse and is available for weddings.
4.8 miS
Tower
Bite-about Pele
123 min walk • Bite-about is a very ruined pele tower or bastle house. It is situated in the parish of Eccles, between the villages of Fogo and Swinton to the south of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.